Shower-bath.



No. 688,057. Patented Dec. 3, I90l.

W. H. BRIDGMAN.

S H 0 W E B BA T H.

(Application filed Mar. 12. 1901.

(.lo Model.)

WITNESSES UITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WVILLIAM H. BRIDGMAN, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

SHOWER-BATH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 688,057, dated December3, 1901. Application filed March 12, 1901- Serial No. 50,774. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BRIDGMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork,have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Shower-Baths,of which the following is a fulland complete specification, such as willenable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention is an improvement on that described and claimed in theUnited States Letters Patent No. 650,503,granted to me May 29, 1900, andis fully disclosed in the 'following specification, of which theaccompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of myimprovement are designated by the same reference characters in each ofthe views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a part of a bathtubprovided with my improved shower-bath apparatus Fig. 2, atransversesection of the tube, showing the operation of the apparatus;Fig. 3, a perspective view of a detail of the construction, and Figs. 4and 5 sectional views of other details.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at 7 anordinary bathtub, which is provided at the top of the sides thereof withflanges or rims 8, and in the practice of my invention I provide adevice or apparatus {of the class described which is of the followingconstruction.

My improved device or apparatus, one of which is attached in practice toeach side of the tub, comprises a yoke-shaped attachment 9, composed ofspring metal and provided centrally of the sides thereof with atransverse rod or bar 10, which passes loosely through said sides, andin order to make the sides of the yoke-shaped attachment sufficientlylarge and strong at the point where the rod or bar 10 passestherethrough I secure thereon sleeves 11, which are brazed thereto orcon nected therewith in any desired manner. The rod or bar 10 isprovided at its opposite ends with spring-arms 12, having loops or eyes13 at their ends, and through these loops or eyes is passed a tube 14,which is perforated at one side, as shown at 15, and said tube isprovided with tightly-fitting rubber bands 16, against which the arms 12bear, and the spring-arms 12, which bear on the rubber bands 16, operateby friction to hold the tube in any desired position. The arms 12 arecomposed of spring metal, and the rubber bands 16 are so arranged as tobear thereon, and by means of this construction I provide sufficientfriction to hold the tube 14 in any desired position in the ends of saidarms, the object of this construction being to regulate the direction ofthe water discharged from said tube, as hereinafter described.

One of the sleeves 11 of the device or apparatus is provided with aserrated or roughened circular portion 17, as shown in Fig. 3, and therod or bar 10 adjacent thereto is provided with an angular attachment18, which bears on the said serrated or roughened surface, and by meansof this construction the rod or bar 10, which is adapted to turn in thesides of the yoke-shaped attachment 9, may be adjusted therein or heldat any desired point, and the arms 12 of said rod or bar may be raisedor lowered, as will be readily understood.

The endsof the sides of the yoke-shaped attachment 9 are formed intohooks 9, and

by means of these hooks the device or appa- 1 ratus is connected withthe side or sides of the bath-tub, as shown in the drawings, and saidhooks are detachable and are connected with the sleeves 11 by ascrew-thread, as

shown at 9" in Fig. 4, and said hooks are also adapted to be turned intoa horizontal position Whenever desired in the operation of packing thedevice or apparatus.

The tube 14 is also composed of separate parts, being preferably dividedat the middle thereof, as shown at 14 and said separate parts areconnected by a screw-thread, as shown in Fig. 5, and this constructionalso facilitates the separation of the various parts of the apparatusand the packing thereof for shipment or other purposes, and by formingthe tube 14 of separate parts, as shown and described, the separatesections thereof may be more readily connected with the arms 12 by beinginserted through said arms in opposite directions.

The rod or bar 10 is also provided at the end thereof opposite theangular attachment 18 with a transverse pin 19, which bears on the sideof the yoke-shaped attachment 9 adv jacent thereto, and the length ofthe rod or bar 10* between the sides of the yoke-shaped attachment 9 issuch that the said sides of said attachment bear at all times on the pin19 and on the angular attachment 18, or said sides of said yoke-shapedattachment 9 may be spread apart whenever desired and said yoke-shapedattachment may be turned on the rod or bar 10, or said rod or bar may beturned in the arms or sides of said attachment by simply raising orlowering the tube 14. When the angular part of 18 moves up over thecylindrical surface of 11, it springs the arms of the yokes apart, thusincreasing their frictional contact, so that the arms 12, which supportthe tube 14, are held at any desired point of adjustment by the frictionoccasioned by the sides of the yoke-shaped attachment 9 operating inconnection with the pin 19 and the angular attachment 18.

The length of the arms of the yoke-shaped attachment 9 is such that thetube 14 may be swung around the cross-head of the yokeshaped attachment9, as indicated by the dotted lines 20 in Fig. 2', and all that isnecessary in connecting the device or apparatus with the side of thetube is to place the hookshaped portions 9 in the position shown in Fig.2, when the yoke-shaped attachment 9 will rest on the top of said sidesof the tub and will extend inwardly thereover. In this position of theparts the tube 14 may be raised or lowered,- as desired, and thedirection of the water discharged therefrom into the tub is indicated inthe position of the parts shown in Fig. 2 by the dotted lines 21, and byraising or lowering said tube the di= rection of the water may bechanged, as will be readily understood.

In practice a flexible tube is connected with one end of the tube 14 andwith any suitable water-supply for the purpose of supplying water tosaid tube 14; but this feature forms no part of this invention and istherefore not shown and described.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A device of the class described,comprising a yoke-shaped attachment, having spring sides provided withhooks adapted to engage the sides of a bath-tub so that the attachmentwill project inwardly thereover, a rod or bar passing loosely throughthe spring sides of the attachment, said bar being provided at one endwith means for preventing the corresponding spring side of the saidattachment from moving inwardly thereon and at the opposite end with adevice which 0perates in connection with the corresponding spring sideof the attachment for holding said rod or bar at any desired adjustmentin said yoke-shaped attachment, said rod or bar being also provided atits opposite ends with projecting spring-arms and a perforatedwater-tube passed through the ends of said spring-arms and adapted to beturned therein, substantially as shown and described.

2. A device of the class described adapted to be connected with the sideof the bath-tub and to project inwardly thereover and provided with ahorizontal and turnable bar or rod and means for holding the said rod orbar in any position into which it may be turned, spring-arms connectedwith the ends of said rod or bar, a perforated water-tube passingthrough the ends of said arms and adapted to be turned therein, andfriction bands placed on said water-tube,and against which said arms areadapted to bear, substantially as shown and described.

3. Adevice of the class described adapted to be connected with the sideof the bath-tub, and provided with a horizontal turnable rod or bar,means for holding the said rod or bar in any position into which it maybe turned, spring-arms connected with the ends of said rod or bar, aperforated water-tube passing through the ends of said arms and adaptedto be turned therein, and friction-bands placed on said water-tube andagainst which said arms are adapted to bear, said water-tube be ingcomposed of separate parts, substantially as shown and described.

4. A device of the class described, comprising a yoke-shaped attachmenthaving spring sides, hooks connected with the ends thereof and adaptedto engage the side of a bath-tub, a rod or bar passing through thespring sides of said attachment and turnable therein, said rod or barand said spring sides being pro= vided with means for holding the rod orbar and the attachment at any desired adjust ment, spring-arms connectedwith the ends of said rod or bar and a perforated watertube passedthrough the ends of said springarms and devices connected with said tubeagainst which the arms bear to hold the tube in any desired position,substantially as shown and described.

5. A device of the class described, comprising a yoke-shaped attachmenthaving spring sides, turnable hooks connected therewith and adapted toengage the side of a bath-tub, a rod or bar passing through the springsides of said attachment and adapted to turn therein, stops connectedwith said rod or bar against which the spring sides of the attach mentbear, spring-arms connected with the ends of said rod or bar, a,perforated watertube passing through the ends of said springarms andturnable therein,and friction-bands on said tube against which said armsbear, substantially as shown and described.

6. A device of the class described, comprising a yoke-shaped attachmenthaving spring sides provided with hooks which are turnable therein andwhich are adapted to en gage the side of a bath-tub, a rod or barpassing loosely through the spring sides of said attachment and turnabletherein, means for holding said rod or bar in any position in which itmay be turned, parallel spring-arms my invention I have signed my name,in presconnected with the ends of said rod or bar ence of thesubscribing Witnesses, this 9th day 10 and a perforated Water-tubemounted in the of March, 1901.

ends of said arms and. provided with mem- 5 bers against which said armsbear, said tube WVILLIAM BRIDGMAN being adapted to be turnedin saidarms, snb- WVitnesses: stantially as shown and described. F. A. STEWART,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as F. TELLER.

